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Friday, May 3, 2013

Been Writing Again

Amid my job searching and grant writing internship work I have had a few moments of inspiration creatively. Here are a few poems I came up with since the first of the year. Also, I submitted more poems to Poetry Quarterly in hopes of being published again.

Clay

By
Kimberly L McClune

January
3, 2013

When I am
wet, my heart is open

Pliable and
easy,

Smooth and
bendable.

Mold me with
Your spirit

Shape me into
Your will

Make me in
Your image.

I am Yours

I exist for
You

I was created
by You.

But when I am
dry, I am hard

Coldness
seeps in

My heart is
closed.

I resist You

Push You away,

Turn my back
on You.

I let fear
overwhelm me.

My spirit
shudders, fades,

I cower
inside, afraid.

My soul is
dry, hard clay

Stiff and
unyielding

Crumbling,

Chipping,

Cracking.

Rain on me!

Make me
supple again

Soft and
flexible

Bend and shape me

Make me
useful,

A jar to hold
Your spirit.

This piece was written in a moment of spiritual searching. As you can see, I was asking God to make me His own and help me to not rely on my own powers and understanding, but His. I found great peace in creating this.

Melody and
Lyric

By
Kimberly L. McClune

April
5, 2013

Wordless

Lilting tones

Spilling over
eardrums,

Slipping into
the soul,

Married with
sweet harmonies

Create moods in
notes

And rhythms.

Stealing upwards

Toward the sky

Happy sounds
lift spirits,

To soar with
angels,

Carried on
melodic themes

And intonations.

Words

Letter formed

Gripping the
heart

Touching the
soul.

Carefully chosen
rhymes

Stories of love

And heartbreak,

Reaching inside

Pulling at
thoughts

Tugging at
memories.

Told to open
hearts,

Tales of sorrow

And joy.

This piece was written specifically for my former Music Professor at Lycoming College who is retiring this year after teacher there for 37 years. He was very special and I wanted to create something to share with him on his retirement. This was sent in a package along with some photos and the next poem to be placed in a memory book for him and his family.

On a Song

By
Kimberly L. McClune

October
4, 2010

Taking flight,

Soaring in your
heart over memories,

Hopes and dreams.

Reaching into
yourself,

One moment
flowing into another.

Time, captured
by a tune,

Lost inside the
melody

Held by the
words,

Glint of a dream

Shadow of a tear.

While I recently sent this and the previous poem to my college for the memory book, I had written it a few years ago to recount my feelings and thoughts after listening to a particular;y touching song. Music is an important part of my life, so is writing. When the two are put together into a song, it is especially moving for me in most cases. Both of these previous poems have been submitted to Poetry Quarterly as well.

I have written some other pieces since the first of the year, but I don't want to cram too much into this post. Would that I could spend more time on poetry and stories. I have several stories and many poems started and in various stages of completion. Oh that the things that call me away from writing would do themselves so that I could just write and write and write. Alas, this is but a dream.

I hope that you enjoy these pieces and will watch for another post soon with a few more recent works.